Colonel Allen Agnes is the Deputy Commander at the Air Force Inspection Agency, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The agency is a diverse team of experts who provide independent inspection, evaluation, oversight, training and analysis to advance continuous improvement of mission effectiveness at all Air Force levels. As the Air Force Inspection System action arm for the Secretary of the Air Force, the agency identifies deficiencies and recommends improvements for accomplishing peacetime and wartime missions and evaluates Air Force activities and policies. The agency also provides by-law and compliance oversight of Air Force-level Field Operating Agencies and Direct Reporting Units and management inspections of above-the-wing level (HAF/MAJCOM/NAF and select FOAs/DRUs).
Colonel Agnes received his commission from Officer Training School in 2002. He earned his navigator wings in 2003 and 2004 he qualified as a B-52H weapon systems officer. Since then he has held a variety of operational flying and staff assignments as a B-52 weapon systems officer, Director of Operations for an Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, two assignments as an Air Liaison Officer, Chief of Commander’s Action Group for Eighth Air Force, aircraft planner at US Strategic Command, 72nd Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron Commander, 5th Operations Group Deputy Commander, 5th Mission Support Group Deputy Commander and 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron Commander. Prior to Lieutenant Colonel Agnes’ current position, he was a Department of Air Force military fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies at Washington DC.
Colonel Agnes has air and ground combat experience in Operations ENDURING FREEDOM, IRAQI FREEDOM, INHERENT RESOLVE and he has deployed multiple times in support of Continuous Bomber Presence at Andersen AFB.
EDUCATION
1999 Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Management Info Sys, University of Southern Illinois, Edwardsville.
2008 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL.
2011 Master’s Degree in Business Administration, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ.
2012 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL., by correspondence
2016 Air Force Nuclear Fundamentals (NUC200), Air Force Nuclear Concepts Course (NUC300), Kirtland AFB, NM.
2016 Nuclear Weapons Effects, Policy, and Proliferation Certificate, Air Force Institute of Technology, Ohio.
2016 Master’s Degree in Operations Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
2016 School of Advanced Nuclear Deterrence Studies, Kirtland AFB, NM.
2017 Joint Professional Military Education Phase II, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk Naval Station, VA.
2018 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, AL., by correspondence .
2024 Department of the Air Force Fellow at Center of Strategic International Studies, Project on Nuclear Issues, Washington, D.C.
2024 Air Force Senior Leader Nuclear Management (NUC400), Kirtland AFB, NM.
ASSIGNMENTS OR CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1.May 2002 – August 2002, Officer Trainee, Officer Training School, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL
2.August 2002 – August 2003, Student Navigator, Joint Specialized Undergraduate Navigator Training, Randolph AFB,TX
3.August 2003 – May 2004, B-52H FTU Student, 11th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale AFB, LA
4.May 2004 – May 2007, Radar Navigator, Life Support Flight Commander, 23rd Bomb Squadron, Minot AFB, ND
5.May 2007 – March 2010, Air Liaison Officer, Assistant Director of Operations, 2nd Air Support Operations Squadron,Vilseck, Germany
6.March 2010 – December 2014, Evaluator Radar Navigator, Assistant Director of Operations, 96th Bomb Squadron,Barksdale AFB, LA
7.December 2014 – June 2015, Chief Master Air Attack Plan Team, 608th Air Operations Center, Barksdale AFB, LA
8.June 2015 – August 2015, Chief of Commander’s Action Group, 8AF, Barksdale AFB, LA
9.August 2015 –September 2016, Student, School of Advanced Nuclear Deterrence Studies, Kirtland AFB, NM
10.September 2016 – June 2019, Aircraft Strike Planner, USSTRATCOM J5N5, Offutt AFB, NE
11.June 2018 – April 2019, Commander, 72d Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, Union III, Baghdad,Iraq
12.June 2019 – August 2021, Deputy Group Commander, 5th Operations Group, 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, ND
13.August 2021 – February 2023, Deputy Group Commander, 5th Mission Support Group, 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB,ND
14.February 2023 – June 2023, Commander, 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Minot AFB, ND
15.July 2023 – June 2024, Department of the Air Force Military Fellow at Center of Strategic International Studies,Washington, D.C.
16.July 2024 – Present, Deputy Commander, Air Force Inspection Agency, Kirtland AFB, NM
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1.September 2016 – June 2019, Aircraft Strike Planner, USSTRATCOM J5N5, Offutt AFB, NE, as Lieutenant Colonel
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Master Navigator
Flight Hours: More than 2,900 including 328 combat hours
Aircraft Flown: T-43, T-1, B-52H
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Bronze Star
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Medal
Air and Space Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Afghanistan Campaign Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal
Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal one N device and four oak leaf clusters
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Aug 16, 2002
First Lieutenant Aug 16, 2004
Captain Aug 16, 2006
Major Oct 1, 2012
Lieutenant Colonel Jun 1, 2017
Colonel Oct 1, 2023
(CURRENT AS OF JULY 2024)